Intel Xeon 3060 First result! 56K soon to be DEATH!

[fhpchris]

Mobo: Abit IC7...err...AW9D-MAX
RAM: Corsair 8000UL
CPU: Xeon 3060 Retail box L629 A780
Cooling: Water
VGA: MSI X1950XTX

Pictures of setup tomorrow, its 4:00AM and no light now :|


More results to come, 3823 isnt max orthos

Quick ram testing


Go to the end of PAGE 4 for my second Xeon results!

[damnnit]

Nice results, it seems no different than other A stepping conroe chips it seems.

[bofors]

Has it been determined yet if the Xeon branded Conroes are "binned" higher than regular Conroes?

[LuckyNV]

Has it been determined yet if the Xeon branded Conroes are "binned" higher than regular Conroes?

they are binned for lower voltages compared to the equivalent Conroe

[DarkSephiroth]

Why so this is the retail chip?

[Quentin]

Nice chip

[fhpchris]

3860 Prime @ 1.65v


I might be able to get a 39xx prime @ 1.74v , but I will need to keep the ambients in check
This CPU is better than both my other two Retail E6600s, and my E6700ES, so it seems it is clearly binned better...
~3400 on a Big Typhoon @ stock voltage.

I am hitting a very hard FSB wall on the AW9D-MAX unmodded, with some vMCH droop and vFSB mods, I might see ~450-470ish in 32m or other easier tasks...

[DarkSephiroth]

Wow nice score

[fhpchris]

[afireinside]

Nice orthos One of the best I've seen!

[Benjie]

I hate you....no really... :P

Nice chip you got yourself there!

Loving the 1.35V max note on the box though lol

[Phosphate]

Nice results. I wonder if the B step Xenon's will be better than B step Conroes?

[fhpchris]

I hate you....no really... :P

Nice chip you got yourself there!

Loving the 1.35V max note on the box though lol

The Xeons are great, this chip does not really love lower voltage as much as my 6700ES, but it LOVES higher voltage!

1.35v MAX

AFI tells me to keep this one! I really wana get a 10 multi though

Lets hope my second AW9D-MAX works better than the first did...

[Speederlander]

The 6300's have shown able to achieve very nice OCs, would an equivalent 3040 Xeon perhaps be even better than the 6300's? (On average)

[fhpchris]

The 6300's have shown able to achieve very nice OCs, would an equivalent 3040 Xeon perhaps be even better than the 6300's? (On average)

possible, but I would think you would want the 8x multi of the 6400 (xeon 3050)

[Speederlander]

possible, but I would think you would want the 8x multi of the 6400 (xeon 3050)

You were running the p5wdg2 pro and switched, yes? Any particular complaints on the Pro mobo? I see a 400 FSB wall on mine that is pretty much impossible to move past. Plus there is the Asus shutdown-on-restart thing...

[fhpchris]

You were running the p5wdg2 pro and switched, yes? Any particular complaints on the Pro mobo? I see a 400 FSB wall on mine that is pretty much impossible to move past. Plus there is the Asus shutdown-on-restart thing...

I didnt have any restart problems with the 0004 bios, but I did have problems trying to run higher vcore on some of the newer bioses.
I did use the P5WDG2-WS-PRO, but I didnt like some of the monitoring features, the horrible onboard sound (not that I used it much with my old Audigy 2), but I didnt like some of the bios problems.
I ran the stock cooling on the nb with ceramique and easily did ~411ish FSB on my other E6600s.

I LOVE the AW9D-MAX, even if it has problems when you approach 440fsb with a 9 multi I didnt really test 4:5 or 2:3 yet, but 4 dimms had a very hard time just running 400fsb even @ 1:1.

[damnnit]

fhpchris, that is indeed a niceass chip. If only I chose a xeon instead of my e6600, i may have achieved better clocks. Mine seems to be orthos stable up until 3670 or so. Bad luck i guess.

[fhpchris]

fhpchris, that is indeed a niceass chip. If only I chose a xeon instead of my e6600, i may have achieved better clocks. Mine seems to be orthos stable up until 3670 or so. Bad luck i guess.

My first E6600 was even worse than that, I would not feel bad.

[cryptocat]

Im thinking of getting a Xeon 3060, because my prescott2m doesnt run stable on an asus 925XE @ FSB 1066 although its been pretested @ FSB 1150 but whatever, thats another story.

Could you please compare the CPU's ID to the Conroes?
I also wanna run it on a 975/965-Board and i dont know whether all Boards support this CPU.
I mean, practially its just a Conroe binned for lower voltage, but i need to make sure the boards support it.

PS: Is the Boxed-Cooler for the Xeons any better than the usual crap?

And what about the Xeons warranty - do you void it by not running it on a server-board?

I cant overclock anyways, already got 2GB of DDRII-533 (They were about 60€ so i got the 533 ones, but i dont wanna spend money on expensive DDRII-800, so ill stick with them and wont overclock the Xeon.

Thanks for the info!

[fhpchris]

Im thinking of getting a Xeon 3060, because my prescott2m doesnt run stable on an asus 925XE @ FSB 1066 although its been pretested @ FSB 1150 but whatever, thats another story.

Could you please compare the CPU's ID to the Conroes?
I also wanna run it on a 975/965-Board and i dont know whether all Boards support this CPU.
I mean, practially its just a Conroe binned for lower voltage, but i need to make sure the boards support it.

PS: Is the Boxed-Cooler for the Xeons any better than the usual crap?

And what about the Xeons warranty - do you void it by not running it on a server-board?

I cant overclock anyways, already got 2GB of DDRII-533 (They were about 60€ so i got the 533 ones, but i dont wanna spend money on expensive DDRII-800, so ill stick with them and wont overclock the Xeon.

Thanks for the info!

Everything but the "specification" field is the same as a retail E6600

All boards should support this cpu

Box cooler is same as usual crap.

Xeons have 1 year warranty from newegg, better than the cpu only warranty a normal E6600 gets from newegg.
Has same 3 year intel warranty as E6600.

[dinos22]

nice CPU there

btw you've got the most annoying sig i've seen in a long time.....

[slykid]

nice chip but what are the temps like?

[cryptocat]

Everything but the "specification" field is the same as a retail E6600

So its NOT binned for lower voltage? Im kinda confused right now.

But thanks for the info, all i gotta do now is finding a retailer that has them in stock, havent yet found any here in germany.
But i guess ill just have to wait a few weeks because they have just released them, havent they? (I think theyve announced them at IDF Fall '06, right?)

And how much did u pay for it?
Maybe importing is an option - they list at 310€, which is around 400$. But i guess its gonna be even more expensive with taxes and postage.

[Sumanji]

fhpchris just sent you a PM because I thought you were based in the UK, but it seems you're a US guy... I can't find S775 Xeons anywhere in the UK